Getting back to the original question, what if the union staff member calls a member at home to campaign? Under what circumstances is it permitted?
If the staff member is a member of the union, s/he is entitled to campaign — just like any member — but not on union staff time (unless incidental to union business), and not with union resources. If there are any charges for the phone call and it’s made from the union office, that would violate the law. Even if the staffer is calling you on her/his own time, if s/he is using the union database, then that is probably a violation. The union’s list of its members’ phone numbers and addresses is a union resource. On the other hand, if the list is one that the staffer collected on her own, say prior to going to work for the union or by talking to members, there would be no violation. That’s what the staff member will probably claim; it can be hard to disprove such a defense. If the staff member is not a member of the union, s/he is permitted to campaign on her or his own time, not with union resources, unless the union has language in the constitution or bylaws that bans non-members from
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